As you probably guessed from the name and photos, Tony the Balloon Guy is a family entertainer specializing in balloon entertainment, balloon sculpture, balloon twisting, balloon art - whatever you'd like to call it!

From the coziest living room birthday party to the world's largest cruise ships and the biggest corporate events for the likes of Kellogg's Cereal and Disney World Parks and Resorts, Tony the Balloon Guy has the balloon entertainment covered.

Bubbling With Fun!

Tony the Balloon Guy isn't your father's balloon man. No one-balloon, three-twist doggies like a clown might hand you, but animals that look like animals, flowers that look like flowers, swords that look like swords... well, you get the idea. Even the princesses, mermaids and fairies look like princesses, mermaids and fairies. And those hats...

Big, crazy, colorful hats, with all sorts of loops, twists, curls, hearts, wings, spirals, beads, bubbles, bows, propellers, flowers and antennae. The kind of stuff Dr. Seuss would dream of after washing too much pizza down with a two-liter of Dr. Pepper. The kind of stuff scientists guarantee to make any place or event 93% more festive. Now that's a crazy hat!

Do You Like My Hat?

Entertainment like this is why hardly a day goes by (literally) without someone telling Tony the Balloon Guy something along the lines of, "I've seen a lot of people do this, but you are by far the best!"

"You're funnier than a monkey!!!" one little boy told Tony the Balloon Guy, just minutes before a little girl asked Tony the Balloon Guy, "Did you eat a hundred boxes of sugar this morning?

Speaking of entertainment... in addition to making balloons at parties, Tony the Balloon Guy is a balloon stage-show performer and storyteller at libraries, daycare centers, schools, churches, summer camps, and even retirement facilities. He's a real pro when it comes to humor, interaction, audience participation, dealing with distractions, and so on.

You may have even seen his antics on TV, when he appeared on Charley's World, with Charley Belcher, on Tampa's Fox TV affiliate, WTVT.

Good Time Charley

These entertainment skills carry over to birthday parties and other one-on-one events. As good as the balloons are, Tony the Balloon Guy's priority is making folks laugh and feel special. Watch the smiles. Listen to the giggles - and guffaws. Jump aside to avoid certain death when a mob runs by, swinging their balloon swords or running/flying/swimming their balloon animals along. Silly antics, corny lines, and expert sculptures make for memories that last.

Octofun!!!

Everyone has something to celebrate. Birthday parties, churches, schools, weddings, fairs, festivals, company picnics, employee appreciation days, grand openings, restaurants... if you want families to attend your event and have a good time, Tony the Balloon Guy will help create the festive atmosphere that makes you look good and your event succeed.

Named "The Best Balloon Artist I've Ever Seen" by literally dozens of partiers, restaurant-goers, event-attenders, and other entertainment gourmets who claim to have seen "a lot of balloon guys," Tony the Balloon Guy performs regularly at the following venues:

First Wednesday each month, 10-11am, The Shops at Wiregrass. The mall is at the corner of State Road 56 and Bruce B. Downs Blvd., about 2.5 miles east of Interstate 75, in Wesley Chapel, Florida. With Face Painter Phyllis.

Tony the Balloon Guy also appears often at open-to-the-public events like festivals, grand openings, school events, church events, etc. You can find these events by making Facebook friends with "Tony Balloonguy." Tony the Balloon Guy says YES to friend requests!

Decorating Michael Clayton - the Bucs wide receiver, not the movie

How Tony the Balloon Guy Saves You Money

If you are looking for a pony, a juggler, a magic show, a face painter, a glitter tattoo artist, an airbrush tattoo artist, a balloon twister, a congratulatory or celebratory balloon delivery, a balloon decorator (arches, columns, centerpieces, canopies, etc.), or even a fun fortune teller (upbeat and entertaining tarot card readings, palmistry and quick numerology), of course you've come to the right place.

But what if you're looking for a few of those? Say, a magic show followed by a balloon artist? Or a face painter, a pony and a balloon artist, all at the same time?

Well, you can hunt through entertainer listings and hire performers individually. If you want to spend the time.

Or you can hire someone to book the entertainers for you. If you want to pay that agent, promoter or event planner a commission - on each performer!

Or (and this is the BEST way), you can hire multiple best-quality entertainment services all at one time from Tony the Balloon Guy's family business of variety entertainers.

Then, instead of you paying more to middlemen, Tony the Balloon Guy will combine services, call it a package, and charge you less!

It's like a value meal! Only you don't eat it.

Because Tony the Balloon Guy's business is a family business, when you need a balloon artist and a face painter, Tony doesn't hire a friend who paints faces and then charge you a little more than he pays her - he brings his talented wife or daughter. If you need a pony ride, Tony doesn't hire some guy with a pony and then tack on a percentage for himself - he gets a friendly little horsie out of the back pasture, and a family member walks the kids around while you snap the best pictures ever. When you need a magic show or juggler before or after an hour of balloons, Tony breaks out those skills.

This is how Tony the Balloon Guy's discounted party package rates give you MORE entertainment for your money than you would get hiring entertainment activities from anyone else!

Ahhhh! Snakes!

See something on this site that you like? Please contact Tony the Balloon Guy as soon as possible - it's so disappointing to have to tell folks, "Sorry, that time is already booked."

A boy and his big balloon dog

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Tony the Balloon Guy's work has been covered by and/or photographed for both print and online editions of the St. Petersburg Times, the Tampa Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel, and smaller newspaers like the Gulfport Gabber and The Laker of Pasco County. He has also appeared on Emmy-award-winning Charely Belcher's "Charely's World," a "My Tampa Bay" feature on WTVT-TV Fox 13.

Contact
Tony the Balloon Guy

Remember: If you hire entertainment before you get a quote from Tony the Balloon Guy, you might pay way too much!
To book or request more info:Call: 352.796.1125
Email: info@tonytheballoonguy.com
Write:P.O. Box 15087Brooksville, FL 34604

Facebook: "Tony Balloonguy Frostman"
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But Wait - There's More!

Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn

Mrs. Balloon Guy and her daughter are face painters! Face Painter Phyllis and Caitlin have done face painting for kids and adults at the Florida Aquarium and for the Tampa Yankees and the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dunedin Blue Jays, as well as at countless events with Tony the Balloon Guy. Book a face painter on her own, or with Tony the Balloon Guy for a package price! Have the kind of quality you'd find at Busch Gardens, Disney World, or Universal Studios, at your party or event!

Also available: glitter tattoos - perfect for pool parties, and just for events on hot, sweaty Florida days!

“Thanks, Tony, for the great job yesterday. You had those Kids mesmerized. It made the day for many of them.
I very much appreciate the way you work to make them feel important. Thanks again.—Woody Cornetta, St. Vincent De Paul Society, Spring Hill

“Tony - Just wanted to say thank you for coming to our library a couple weeks ago. It was a great kick-off to our summer programming. We had over 150 kids plus parents and it was a great time for everyone. We even used the balloon animals you left in other programs as decoration. Thanks again,
—Jennifer Shaffer, Youth Services Librarian, Largo Public Library

“Great job yesterday! Everyone had a wonderful time. I will recommend you to anyone who is having a party! Thanks to you and your family for making my grandson, Xavier’s, 2nd birthday so special.
—Debbie Chavis

“I was wondering if you may be available for a birthday party on June 25th in Trilby. I tried to get you last year, but unfortunately you were already booked, so I thought I would check with you a little earlier this year. The person that we had to settle with last year was horrible, the kids were very disappointed. Figured I would try to get the best this time around.—Amanda Bertram, Dade City

“Hi Phyllis. I haven't had a chance to email you, but I want to thank you. You and Tony were everything you said and MORE. I loved everything about you guys, and I'm so glad we had you both. Tony is awesome and so are you."
—Valerie Cassano, B&V Enterprises

“I would like you to come to my daughter's 6th birthday party on January 26 if you're free. If you're not, we'll change the date! All she talks about is having you at her party.”—Jaclyn Peterson, Madison's mom, Spring Hill

“My husband just came home and told me about the "hilarious" balloon guy at the museum this afternoon. I knew instantly it was you! Thanks for the gators and flamingo.”—Shawn Young Abbas, Tarpon Springs

“Thank you for sharing your talent with the Shorecrest Preparatory School kids! You made their day special!”—Helen Stein, Tampa

“I just wanted to thank you so much for making Megan's birthday a memorable one. She had the time of her life and her friends did as well. I really appreciate the time you took to take care of everyone here. Every picture I took today of Megan and her friends they all had big smiles on their face and sparkles in their eyes. You are awesome!! By the way, Megan was really surprised to see Gator (the pony) and she enjoyed riding him and feeding him so much.”—Beverly Lisowski, Megan's mom, Spring Hill

“Thanks for Saturday - that was great. We all had a lot of fun. You will have to do it again next year! My friend will be calling you for his daughter's party.”—Khris Landry, 31-year-old birthday boy, Spring Hill

“Katelyn has been to Anthony's Restaurant on many occasions and loves the balloon art and face painting. Not only does she decide what she wants made and painted before she even gets there, she always tells me what she wants for the next time!”—Marilyn Williams, Katelyn's grandmother, New Port Richey

“We opened the office in September of 2005 and one of the best parts of our grand opening celebration was a Family Fun Day. We had all types of family oriented activities, but the best one was Tony (the balloon guy). He was awesome. His balloon creations, his interaction with the kids (of all ages) was wonderful. He had a crowd trailing him (just to watch) the entire three hours he was here. Use him. You won't be disappointed.”—Sharlene Morrell, Branch Manager, SunTrust Bank, Barclay Office, Spring Hill

“Hi Tony + Phyllis. We would like to thank you for all the great entertainment at the 90th birthday party on Halloween for Mona! The balloons and face painting were a big hit with the kids and adults as well! Mom was just thrilled with the entire day, and getting to see everyone including all her grandkids and great grandkids was just priceless! She is still talking about what a wonderful time she had and we are so happy you were able to be a part of it!”—Jerry Polony and Theresa Abruzzo, Brooksville

“Tony made balloon animals and hats for our church picnic in 2005. He was very good with the children, and everyone enjoyed the things that he made them. I would recommend Tony and his balloons to anyone who needs a family friendly activity for their event.”—Sister Patricia Saunders, O.P., St. Anthony Catholic Church, Brooksville

“Tony was a great asset to our 2006 Hernando County Fair. He walked about the fairground entertaining children as well as adults. When I asked him to make something special for our Easter Egg Hunt he jumped right in to make the children happy. It's very nice to work with a person that is interested in the community as well as the children.”—Joy Jackson, Fairgrounds Manager, Hernando County Fair Association

“Thank you for visiting us at the West Hernando Branch Library for our annual Hernando County Reading Festival. We appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedule to visit us. You were a huge hit at the Festival, and we definitely want you back next year!”—Stacey L. Leggett, Program Manager, Hernando County Public Library System

“
Thank you for the party. All the kids loved you. The centerpiece was fantastic. Can't wait till next year
”—Tanya Clark, Vada's mom

“
Phoebe's seventh birthday party turned out awesome! Thanks to the talents of Tony the Balloon Guy and his very talented wife, Phyllis the Face Painter!! Call them to book a party or any event! They do travel across central florida!!!
”—Allison Meakins, Phoebe's mom, via Facebook

“Tony the Balloon Guy makes the best balloon creations we have ever seen! He is Legend!”—Hot Topic store at the Shops at Wiregrass, via Facebook

Riverview Branch, Hillsborough County Public Library ice cream social (Riverview)

Romano's Macaroni Grill (Brandon)

Rotary Club's Annual Family Night (New Port Richey)

Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship in the world, sailing to Nassau in the Bahamas, St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, and St. Maarten/St. Martin in the Dutch West Indies (from Fort Lauderdale)

And this doesn't even include the hundreds of private families who have hired Tony the Balloon Guy for birthday parties, family reunions, Halloween parties, Christmas parties, first communion celebrations, and so on. Now this side of the screen is just a big white space.

After all, the more people find this page, the more people can hire Tony the Balloon Guy and family to provide just the perfect fun for the events they are planning. If you agree, please feel free to recommend Tony the Balloon Guy to others. And if you have hired Tony the Balloon Guy in the past, and would like to e-mail a few sentences about your experience, testimonials, references and referrals are always appreciated!)